Sowing Tips: VE-045 F1 Okra Big Horn
Seed Sowing Guide
Seedling:
Fill up the seedling tray or seedling pots with Baba Seedling Soil. Use finger gently make a small hole, put in 1-2 seeds and cover with a thin layer of soil.
During seedling stage, put under shaded area and make sure water thoroughly daily. When there is sprout, then move it to area with direct sunlight.
♥♥ Extra Tip: Before put in seed into soil or before transplant, you could water the seedling mix or potting mix first. This is to ensure the potting mix get enough moist and prevent plants get dehydrated later.
Transplant:
When the seedling with 3-4 leaves (around 10-14 days after germination), the seedling is ready to transplant.
- Ready a suitable size pot. Such as Baba RD 260, RD 310 or RD 392. The bigger space you provide to the seedling, the more harvest you could get. The minimum depth of the planting container is 250mm.
- Fill up the planting pot with Baba Vegimix, and make holes on Vegimix to prepare for transplant.
- Take out the seedling from seedling pots, and put into the hole. Press gently on surrounding soil, to make the seedling stay firm.
- Each pot maximum could plant 2-3 seedlings. Keep a palm distance between each seedling.
♥♥ Extra tips: Okra Big Horn need more nutrient to fruiting, you may add in 20% plant base compost into Baba vegimix. Plant base compost help the plant to grow stronger.
Fertilizing:
Put Mr. Ganick 532 Organic Leafy Fertilizer on 7th days after transplant. After that, repeat fertilizing on every week, for a month.
One month later, or when the plant start flowering, change the fertilizer to Mr. Ganick 426 Organic Melon Fertilizer. Repeat weekly too.
Dig a small hole beside plants, and put in fertilizer, then, cover the fertilizer with a thin layer of soil. Water after done fertilizing.
When Okra Big Horn start flowering, this moment is important, ensure the environment (full sunlight) and enough nutrients for it. It will only blooming one time, during this period it must grow strong enough to bear fruits.
Watering:
Moist is important for Okra Big Horn. Make sure soil always enough moist and water it when needed.
Water thoroughly on every morning is recommended.
